Hosea Lorenzo Williams v. Wayne Melton

FAY, Circuit Judge:

Hosea Williams was convicted in state court of leaving the scene of an accident without rendering aid and was sentenced to one year incarceration. During trial, the judge admitted into evidence certain hearsay statements under the Georgia res gestae exception to the hearsay rule. After exhausting his state remedies Mr. Williams filed a petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (1980).1 The United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 568 F.Supp. 104, granted his habeas petition finding that the admission of the hearsay statements…